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This is how votes are divided in the main country and the challenges of the European Parliament...
Hundreds of millions of Europeans voted to elect 720 members of the European Parliament, and growing support for the far-right prompted Emmanuel Macron to call early elections in France.
A first estimate of the election results produced by the European Parliament suggests that the Green and Renewal Europe parties each lose around 20 MEPs, potentially jeopardizing the pro-European majority needed to back senior officials and vote on EU laws. of.
The projection, based on exit polls and other analyses, shows the Green Party winning just 53 MEPs, compared with 72 in March 2024. Renew, led by French President Emmanuel Macron, fell from 102 seats to 82, the figures suggest.
This is confirmed by the growing support for extreme parties, even if some of them are not yet divided into political groups.
In France, forecasts suggest the far-right Rally National (RN) party secured 31.5% of the vote - more than double the number won by Macron.
The far-right FPÖ is also expected to top the poll in Austria, doubling its number of MEPs to six after winning 27% of the vote, according to a poll by public broadcaster ORF.
Second place is a close battle between the centre-right ÖVP, with five MEPs (down from seven) and 23.5%, and the SPÖ Socialists, also with five MEPs and 23% of the vote.
In Germany, the Christian Democrats CDU and CSU are forecast to take only around 30% of the vote, similar to 29% in 2019, followed by the far-right Alternative for Germany in second place with 16.5%, up from 11% in 2019 Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats follow with 14%, and the Greens with 12%. The participation is 64%.
These rightward trends are confirmed in Spain, where Vox is expected to increase its representation by two to three MEPs, while "The Party Is Over", also identified as far-right populists, will gain two or three MEPs, polls suggest .
Tasks ahead
Among MEPs' first tasks will be to approve the candidate to lead the European Commission, with current president Ursula von der Leyen hoping to secure a second term.
Electoral dynamics could make her more challenging, as early polls suggest a weakening of the coalition that narrowly supported her in 2019 – when she won 383 votes, just seven more than she needed.
No single party has a majority in the European Parliament, and votes are often decided on an issue-by-issue basis by finding a coalition that commands the required majority.
The House has always been dominated by its two major groups, the centre-right European People's Party and the centre-left Socialists.
Both lost their combined majority in the 2019 election, having had to forge informal alliances with parties such as the Greens and Liberals – and polls suggest they are unlikely to regain it in 2024. /Adapt “ Pamphlet" from "Euro News"
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